The Big Boss (1959)
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
Director:
Kihachi Okamoto
Writers:
Shinichi Sekizawa, Motosada Nishikame.
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Koji Tsuruta as Ryuta Komatsu |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as |
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Akira Takarada as Mineo Komatsu |
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Mitsuko Kusabue as Rie |
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Keiko Yanagawa as Yoko |
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Akihiko Hirata as |
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Makoto Satō as |
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Haruo Tanaka as |
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Mickey Curtis as |
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Yōsuke Natsuki as Kashimura's assistant |
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Hiroshi Hayashi as |
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Sachio Sakai as |
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Michino Yokoyama as |
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Sonomi Nakajima as |
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Rumiko Sasa as |
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Kokuten Kōdō as |
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Noriko Honma as |
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Akira Sera as |
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Ikio Sawamura as |
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Nadao Kirino as |
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Shin Ōtomo as |
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Hideyo Amamoto as |
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Ren Yamamoto as |
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Haruya Katō as |
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Katsuji Ichikawa as |
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Kōji Iwamoto as |
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Kōji Ueno as |
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Yutaka Nakayama as |
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Ren Imaizumi as |
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Tadao Nakamaru as |
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Shōichi Hirose as |
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Hiroshi Takaragi as |
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Toshirō Mifune as Kashimura |
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Yumi Shirakawa as Junko |
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Edward Keane as |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Director |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Editor |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Art Direction |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Shinichi Sekizawa | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Shigeru Mori | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Motosada Nishikame | Screenplay |
| Directing | Susumu Takebayashi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Akira Takarada | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Norio Tone | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Recordist |
